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CALIFORNIA EXTENDS USE OF CARPOOL LANES TO SINGLE OCCUPANTS OF HYBRIDS AND EVS But Buyers of Upcoming Plug-in Hybrids, Such as the Volt, Will be Ineligible Until 2012.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure this week allowing up to 40,000 more Californians with environmentally sensitive cars to drive solo in carpool lane
Source: Green Car Advisor - 02/09/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars CHEVY CRUZE ECO WITH AUTOMATIC GEARBOX GETS EPA-RATED 36 HIGHWAY MPG - GM General Motors executives told Edmunds' AutoObserver.com this morning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the Chevrolet Cruze Eco version, equipped with an automatic transmission, a fuel-economy rating of 36 miles per gallon in hig
Source: Green Car Advisor - 31/08/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars EGG RECALL NOT FIRST PROBLEM FOR DECOSTER OPERATIONS - LOS ANGELES TIMES Washington PostEgg recall not first problem for DeCoster operationsLos Angeles TimesAustin "Jack" DeCoster's business has faced civil rights lawsuits, environmental fines, child safety issues and egg bans over the years. ...FDA finds evidenc
Source: Los Angeles Times - 28/08/2010
Category: World AUTOMAKERS, ENVIROS DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON ETHANOL BLEND PLAN As the federal EPA gets ready to issue its ruling on the ethanol industry's bid to raise the maximum allowable mix of ethanol into gasoline, a coalition of automakers, engine producers, environmentalists and even a few agriculture groups is demanding
Source: Green Car Advisor - 27/08/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars NEVADA OKAYS ALT-FUEL STATUS OF REFINERY'S CLEAN-BURNING DIESEL-NATURAL GAS MIX Nevada environmental regulators have for the first time certified a refinery that produces a cleaner, more efficient fuel made from low-sulfur diesel mixed with natural gas.
Reno-based Advanced Refining Concepts received formal certification for its GD
Source: Green Car Advisor - 25/08/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars REPORT: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE KEY ROLE IN SOLVING GLOBAL TANSPORTATION WOES We don't know if this kind of thinking will ever make it across the water to our shores - or, if it does, whether our often dogmatically intransigent legislatures would ever give it serious consideration, but a panel of transportation and environmenta
Source: Green Car Advisor - 23/08/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars OIL SPILL MAY COST BP FAR MORE THAN $20 BILLION - LOS ANGELES TIMES Oil spill may cost BP far more than $20 billionLos Angeles TimesSome experts worry about whether the company has the strength to pay for the environmental disaster. By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times The plan by ...altro »
Source: Los Angeles Times - 18/06/2010
Category: World EPA CERTIFIES 2011 LINCOLN MKZ HYBRID AT 41 MPG IN THE CITY, 36 MPG ON HIGHWAY The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today certified that the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid achieves 41 miles per gallon in the city and 36 mpg on the highway, making it the most fuel-efficient luxury sedan in America.
The model, which will go on sale th
Source: Green Car Advisor - 16/06/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars OBAMA VOWS TO FIGHT OIL SPILL 'WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT FOR AS LONG IT TAKES' - LOS ANGELES TIMES Obama vows to fight oil spill 'with everything we've got for as long it takes'Los Angeles TimesThe president, in a prime-time address to the nation, calls the spill 'the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced. ...altro &r
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/06/2010
Category: World POLL SHOWS NEGATIVE RATINGS FOR BP, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - WASHINGTON POST Poll shows negative ratings for BP, federal governmentWashington PostBy Jon Cohen Americans overwhelmingly see the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a major environmental disaster, and most want the federal government to ...altro »
Source: Washington Post - 12/06/2010
Category: World AIMING TO LOWER ITS CO2 FOOTPRINT, VERIZON BUYS 501 FORD VANS TO CONVERT TO CNG Pursuing its goal of reducing the environmental impact of its huge fleet of service vehicles, Verizon Communications said it has purchased 501 Ford E-250 cargo vans that will be converted to run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
Ford has launched an aggr
Source: Green Car Advisor - 11/06/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars API, PEW SQUARE OFF IN AD BATTLE OVER GULF OIL SPILL - NEW YORK TIMES API, Pew Square Off in Ad Battle Over Gulf Oil SpillNew York TimesBy ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire An environmental group wanting reforms to offshore drilling and the petroleum industry's biggest trade group launched ...altro »
Source: New York Times - 11/06/2010
Category: World EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIAL SETS TOUGH STANDARDS FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS SOLD IN EU European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger set out tough standards for producing biofuels sold in the EU, demanding producers meet strict environmental criteria to ensure their makers don't create greenhouse-gas emissions or destroy forests
Source: Green Car Advisor - 11/06/2010
Category: Cars Ecocars OBAMA ASSAILS OIL INDUSTRY'S 'COZY RELATIONSHIP' WITH GOVERNMENT - LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles TimesObama assails oil industry's 'cozy relationship' with governmentLos Angeles TimesThe president says he will 'close the loophole that has allowed oil companies to bypass environmental reviews.' A new effort is underway
Source: Los Angeles Times - 06/06/2010
Category: World BP STARTS PIPING LEAKING OIL TO SHIP Officials are cautiously optimistic that a new cap will divert most of the crude. Obama visits the gulf and scolds the company.
In a sign that BP may be on the verg
Source: Los Angeles Times - 05/06/2010
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